Articles Tagged Earthworks

  • Monday, May 06, 2013
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    PSW Staff 05/06/13 11:26 AM,
    Kevin Crow, Vice President of Audio Video Electronics, announced that their firm has utilized 8 Earthworks ChoirMics in the sanctuary of St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi, Minnesota. Audio Video Electronics specializes in acoustics, sound, video & stage lighting systems primarily in the house of worship market, but also works in the hospitality, corporate and education markets. “Earthworks is one of our very top choices for choir microphones in many of our church installations,” states Crow. “They fit a really… View this story
    Filed in: Church SoundNewsMicrophoneSound Reinforcement

  • Monday, March 25, 2013
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    PSW Staff 03/25/13 11:05 AM,
    When Belgian–Australian multi-instrumental musician and singer-songwriter Wally de Backer, known by his stage name Gotye went out on his recent world tour, Earthworks microphones were along for the ride. Gotye’s FOH engineer Lachlan Carrick was familiar with Earthworks in a studio setting, yet discovered the live sound microphones while touring with Gotye and Kimbra in early 2012. “I’d used Earthworks mics a couple of times in the studio for various things, and was always impressed with the way they came… View this story
    Filed in: Live SoundNewsConcertMicrophoneSound Reinforcement

  • Monday, February 11, 2013
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    Gary Parks 02/11/13 11:29 AM,
    When a company has a great vocal microphone, the first question is “where’s the wireless version?” After Earthworks released the SR40V hypercardioid vocal microphone a year or so ago, that very question soon arose – both from users and wireless manufacturers. The result is the WL40V vocal head for handheld wireless transmitters. Integral to completing the project was a significant technological challenge: how to retain the microphone’s frequency range, transient response, and other audio characteristics when a wireless link is… View this story
    Filed in: Live SoundFeatureBlogProductMicrophoneSound ReinforcementWireless

  • Thursday, January 24, 2013
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    PSW Staff 01/24/13 06:15 AM,
    Earthworks will introduce its first 500 Series module, the 521 ZDT at the 2013 NAMM show this week in Anaheim, CA (Booth 6882). Based on the ZDT Preamp technology designed by David Blackmer, the 521 ZDT brings the exacting standards of the Zero Distortion Technology preamplifiers to the convenient 500 series format, providing a “wire with gain” option to the 500 series rack. The solid state ZDT 521 features switchable phantom power, polarity invert, and peak amplitude clip detection, just… View this story
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  • Tuesday, December 04, 2012
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    PSW Staff 12/04/12 04:43 PM,
    At the end of a boom pole on a film set is probably the last place you’d expect to find a microphone designed for close miking toms and snare. Yet thanks to some ingenuity from Production Sound Mixer Mark LeBlanc, that is exactly where you’ll find the Earthworks DP30/C. So, how did a drum microphone end up as 25 year industry veteran LeBlanc’s microphone of choice on set? After meeting with an Earthworks representative to discuss the challenges faced on… View this story
    Filed in: RecordingNewsMicrophoneStageStudio

  • Monday, September 10, 2012
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    PSW Staff 09/10/12 07:42 AM,
    When it comes to recording piano for jazz ensembles, producer Andy Ross knows a thing or two. He recorded the highly acclaimed Mercury Prize nominated album ‘Golden’ by the Kit Downes Trio and has produced all five albums in the ‘Yamaha New Jazz Sessions’ CD series that has shifted 80,000 copies from the cover of the UK’s best-selling jazz magazine, ‘Jazzwise’, since its inception. Ross owns Astar Studios, based in Heywood, Lancashire where the live room acoustics are among the… View this story
    Filed in: Live SoundRecordingNewsPollMicrophoneStudioAudio

  • Thursday, July 26, 2012
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    PSW Staff 07/26/12 01:28 PM,
    After 14 months of development, the Earthworks WL40V wireless vocal microphone capsule is now shipping. The WL40V is a wireless microphone capsule head suitable for use in a variety of live sound applications. The capsule head has a 3-ring bulls-eye connector and is interchangeable with any of the screw-on-type handheld transmitters that receive a 31.3 mm / pitch 1.0 mm. The WL40V delivers a detailed and realistic vocal sound that requires little to no EQ. Its hypercardioid polar pattern and… View this story
    Filed in: AVLive SoundChurch SoundNewsProductMicrophoneWireless

  • Monday, July 09, 2012
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    PSW Staff 07/09/12 07:55 AM,
    Earthworks has upgraded its measurement microphones to include electronic calibration files in addition to the accessories previously offered at no additional cost. With the purchase of any Earthworks measurement microphone beginning on July 1, 2012, customers will receive an electronic calibration file, mic clip, ½ inch calibrator adapter and case. Customers will receive their ECF via email after registering their Measurement Series microphone on the Earthworks website. Together with the provided sensitivity of your individual microphone, the ECF can be… View this story
    Filed in: Live SoundRecordingNewsPollManufacturerMicrophoneSound ReinforcementAudio

  • Wednesday, June 06, 2012
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    PSW Staff 06/06/12 11:11 AM,
    Earthworks is introducing two microphones in the new Installation Series, the IM3 and IM6. They will be on display at the upcoming InfoComm 2012 show in Las Vegas at booth C10425. The primary applications for the IM3 and IM6 include ceiling mounted teleconferencing, distance learning, surveillance, boardrooms, government facilities, and ambient room mic’ing. The IM3 and IM6 both offer a 30 Hz to 30 kHz flat frequency response and patented polar technology, allowing orators to maintain the same high intelligibility… View this story
    Filed in: AVLive SoundChurch SoundNewsProductAVInstallationMicrophone

  • Thursday, April 26, 2012
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    PSW Staff 04/26/12 05:17 PM,
    Kimbra is quickly becoming somebody that you ought to know. With a slew of SXSW showcase gigs, nationwide tours in support of Gotyé and Foster The People, tens of millions of views on YouTube, and a cover of the hit Gotyé song she lends her powerful vocals to, “Somebody That I Used to Know,” performed on Fox’s hit show Glee, Kimbra is bringing her music to the masses, one powerful performance at a time. And Earthworks is there to capture… View this story
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